Re: Coachella 2008 Headliners... Thumbs up or Thumbs down?

I'm excited for another year in the sun. The big thing from me this year is how many more artsits I recognized than in years past. I need to start making an extra effort to walk around the track at night. I will need the upper advantage to walk back and forth from the main stage to the dance tent.

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The lineup for the Sasquatch Music Festival isn't officially announced till next month, but they're headliner alone (The Cure for a 2.5 hour set) excites me more than Coachella as a whole, and that shocks me.

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My opinion:

Worst line-up, to-date.
Jack Johnson even ON the bill is ridiculous, let alone a headliner.
There are a handful of decent bands/acts playing, but you can catch them at seperate more intimate shows for cheap.
Goldenvoice, Pasqual, whoever is running things this year: YOU FUCKED UP!TICKET PRICES ARE NOT WORTH ATTENDING THIS YEAR!!!!

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kind of ridiculous people think the lineup for east coast fest is already better and only radiohead are confirmed. Does that mean, one solo performance of radiohead at coachella would be better that this lineup?

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John Jackson = two thumbs down
Portishead = two thumbs up (it would have been one, but I used to live a few miles from Portishead).
Roger Waters = two thumbs up (Dark Side of the Moon is going to be awesome)

Re: Coachella 2008 Headliners... Thumbs up or Thumbs down?

Originally Posted by fatbastard

I'm excited for another year in the sun. The big thing from me this year is how many more artsits I recognized than in years past. I need to start making an extra effort to walk around the track at night. I will need the upper advantage to walk back and forth from the main stage to the dance tent.

You really need to be careful, your positivity might have an impact on general apathy.

Originally Posted by Sleeping Lion

My new gay friend who was camping with us banged a small Asian looking Canadian in the porta potty...

Re: Coachella 2008 Headliners... Thumbs up or Thumbs down?

sat top 3( top 3 is what i consider headliners) is great but the other days are worthless to me anyway. Roger waters has been around doing that same tour for a bit so i wouldnt travel 3000 miles to see what was 20 mins from my house last summer.......thumbs way fucking down this year.....u won me over with a great fest last year and shit on a plate this year coachella.

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lets see how it started
1999 day one - BECK
2001 day one - JANES ADDICTION
2002 day one - BJORK
2003 day one - BEASTIE BOYS
2004 day one - RADIOHEAD
2005 day one - COLDPLAY
2006 day one - DEPECHE MODE
2007 day one - BJORK
2008 day one - JACK JOHNSON (ALL TIME LOW!!!!)

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TOTALLY THUMBS DOWN...
yeah, of course there are a couple of good little bands....BUT....

all together, the lineup isn't worth spending so much $$$ and time...
there is people like me, who is traveling all the way from FL, skipping school and asking for some days off at work... but for this crappy lineup it is not WORTH it at all!

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i think people will warm up to rw! heairng dark side in the coachella desert will be epic. u have to remember roger, even though is considerd a huge prick at times, is a visual genius and will bring out all the bells and whistles for this show.. that is a great way to end the festival.

im ok with portishead.

jj? well, i could see him performing at 7pm at the outdorr theatre but not closing the main stage. peole will be either leaving or going to watch other bands..

so just cuz we are talking only about the headliners, my grade is:

jack johnson grade: D
Portishead grade: B
Roger waters grade: A

if it was a gpa, they get a 2.66.

now just for kicks the rest of the lineup:

fri: A
Sat: A
Sun: A

gpa: 4.0 great job their. but they gotta work on those headliners. i still am scratching my head over JJ.

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I think the problem w/ Waters is that he played SoCal (I believe) FIVE TIMES last year!
he played 3 nights @ the Hollywood Bowl in the beginning of the year, then came back in October & played the Bowl AGAIN, & also played Irvine.

Everytime it was this exact same set.
I really would like to see him trinkle in some other classics.

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I am a coachella vet and i cant believe this line up after all the time and money and love you have given coachella this is how you repay us? The weakest lineup in coachella history!! coach sella out!!!

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This is a comlplete let down by the one festival that I look forward to year in year out. I mean WTF>>> What the fuck were they thinking with Jack Johnson? This is a complete mess. Its not always about the headliners, but this is completely fucked up in anyway you look at it. I have been going to Coachella for the past six years and to have this line-up, un freakin believable.

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Im from Santa Barbara, so i cant really hate on jack johnson, but why in the FUCK is he above the Raconteurs? Jack white simply rocks my nuts off, and hes below Jack "Curious George Soundtrack" Johnson? Does not compute...